ICC Test Rankings: Virat Kohli climbs one spot to fifth position, Ravindra Jadeja down to third

Virat Kohli, who’s on top of the batsmen rankings in both ODIs an T20Is, edged Warner to take the fifth position among ICC Test batsmen after scoring a sensational 104 not out on the day five before the game ended in a draw.

Virat Kohli with Ravindra Jadeja&nbsp | &nbspPhoto Credit:&nbspPTI

New Delhi: Indian skipper Virat Kohli, on Monday – during fifth and final day of the first Test against Sri Lanka in Kolkata, scored his 18th Test hundred which happened to be his 50th international hundred. With the stupendous knock, the Delhi batsman took the hosts within the winning reach of a Test match - which was considered done and dusted for the hosts after first two days’ play.

Thanks to his performance, the Delhi batsman has moved up a spot to be fifth in the latest ICC Test batsmen rankings, while teammate Ravindra Jadeja, who bowled only two overs at Eden Gardens - where both spinners went wicketless, has slipped a place to be third in the bowlers' standings.

Kohli, who’s on top of the batsmen rankings in both ODIs an T20Is, edged past Warner to take the fifth position after scoring a sensational 104 not out on the day five before the game ended in a draw.

Opener Shikhar Dhawan has gained two places to reach 28th position while among India’s bowlers, pace bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar has gained eight places to reach a career-best 29th position and Mohammad Shami has moved up one slot to 18th position.

Jadeja, who started the Sri Lanka series with the opportunity to reclaim the top bowling and all-rounder rankings, could not work towards the objective in Kolkata as all Sri Lanka batsmen fell to pace bowlers.

He has slipped to the third position among bowlers and also lost 20 points in the rankings for all-rounders, but still has a lot to look forward to in the remaining matches.

For Sri Lanka, Niroshan Dickwella has gained three slots to reach 37th position among batsmen while off-spinner Dilruwan Perera has moved up three places to reach 22nd position among bowlers.

In the team rankings, fifth-placed Australia will overtake England if they win the Ashes by a margin of 2-0 or better and could even go up to the third position if they can complete a 5-0 series washout. In the event of being blanked out, England will slip down to 98 points.

On the other hand, third-placed England will go up to 110 points with a 5-0 win, in which case Australia will slip to 91 points and could be down to the sixth position.

India lead the table with 125 points while South Africa are in second place with 111 points.

ICC Test Rankings: Virat Kohli climbs one spot to fifth position, Ravindra Jadeja down to thirdDescription:Virat Kohli, who’s on top of the batsmen rankings in both ODIs an T20Is, edged Warner to take the fifth position among ICC Test batsmen after scoring a sensational 104 not out on the day five before the game ended in a draw.Times Now